Simulating employment and fiscal effects of public investment in high-quality universal childcare in the UK

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 6 Average number of years needed per mother to offset childcare costs

	Scenario 1	Scenario 2	Scenario 3	Scenario 4
Parameters
Average take-up rate	71%	71%	85%	85%
Pay level	Current	Teacher	Current	Teacher
Results
Low-educated	85.6	66.1	45.3	37.7
Mid-educated	82.0	59.5	45.5	39.0
High-educated	17.1	22.5	14.6	18.7
All mothers	26.3	30.9	20.9	23.8

Source: own calculations using FRS data and UKMOD. Low-educated mothers correspond to those having attained at most lower secondary education; mid-educated mothers are those having attained upper secondary or post-secondary education; high-educated mothers are those with a degree